linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v5] staging: gpib: Fix i386 build issue

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Message-ID: <ba3bf2c6c59f4019a3d502cb0b703d7b@AcuMS.aculab.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2024 18:02:07 +0000
From: David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To: 'Dave Penkler' <dpenkler@...il.com>, "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org"
	<gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, "linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev"
	<linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org"
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v5] staging: gpib: Fix i386 build issue

From: Dave Penkler
> Sent: 04 December 2024 16:21
> 
> These drivers cast resource_type_t to void * causing the build to fail.
> 
> With CONFIG_X86_PAE enabled the resource_size_t type is a 64bit unsigned
> int which cannot be cast to a 32 bit pointer.
> 
> Disable these drivers if X68_PAE is enabled

You missed the obvious typo :-)

There is also a proposal to just remove PAE support.
Mostly because it is likely to have bit-rotted and isn't really
needed now 64bit code is common.

	David

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